Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-18
INAUGURAL BALL.
THE CAPITOL CROWDED WITH
PLEASURE-SEEKERS.
The Observation-Disclosures
Splendid Management by the
COmmittees-Notes
" To brisk notes in cadence beating
Glance their many tWiukling feet ,

To brisk notes in cadence beating
Glance their many twinkling feet
The inaugural ball, in honor of Governor
Bartlett and Lieutenant Governor Water
man, took place last evening. The esti-
mate is that about l, 200 people were pres
ent. 1t was thoroughly democratic affair,
in the sense that there was no exclusive
ness. and whoever of fair good citizenship
saw fit to attend found no difficulty in
doing SO.
CoSTUMERY.
There was less of rich costumery, in the
aggregate, than at any other inaugural
| ball for many years, or indeed, which we
can now recall. Not to say that
there were no rich dresses, for
there were a number. But taken
as a whole the costumery of the
] ladies did not aggregate in brilliancy COM
When this is said, however, it remains to
be added that there was greater uniformity
of tasty dresses and tasteful dressing than
at any previous ball. That is to say, the
|
| floors without exception, were dressed
with good taste, and there was general
| display of silks and satins, choice laces,
soft and gracefully flowing robes, and deli
cate tints in color. In the main the lighter
tints prevailed, with so few strong colors as
to make the few strikingly noticeable.
The taste in dressing manifested By the
| ladies, without extravaganza of outlay
| upon costumes, as whole, made
| the inaugural ball of Governor
Bartlett notable ope. There
| were fewer robes en-train than of any
| others, the prevailing style being the short
skirt. There was no extreme low-dressing
| of the neck, and as whole the ball may
| be said to have been notable, too, in this
| respect, while giving full display to many
| splendidly-molded neck and handsome
shoulders and bust.
The democratic character of the ball was
| further illustrated in the freedom from full
dress rule in which many of the guests
| INDUCED. Ladies in number did not hes
| itate to appear in very plain costumes
and somber shades of color, while
gentlemen in no small number took the
| floor in Prince Alberts and even in bust
| ness sacks. The full dress costume for
gentlemen, however, largely predominated,
but by no means exclusively so, and thus
in the strongest sense it was a popular
affair
PREDATORY
From o'clock until 10 the Hussar Band
in full uniform, G. G. Holbrook, Conduc-
tor, occupying the second floor of the
rotunda, discoursed concert music, the
strains reaching to and echoing in the re-
hottest chambers in melodious waves and
harmonies of the most enhanting char
ha hon 10
been put upon its mettle, and played with
a nice discrimination between volume of
sound and harmonious effectiveness that
entities it to warm commentator, since
we know of no place beneath the blue
vault of heaven where music can be so
effectively butchered " as in the echo
chamber which the rotunda, crowned by
the 900 feet of DOME constitutes. The
programme of the band was
J. Grand march. Medley
Gverl,ire German
T. Selections from the Mascotte'. ...............
D. OVerure................ Bohemian Girl
Thereafter during the night interspersed
airs was the order, played between the
waits of the dances, and while the guests
were at supper.
OPENING.
As the guests appeared an attentive COM
| mitteeman received them at the door and
directed them to the dressing rooms. From
there they repaired either to the Assembly
or Senate chambers or to the State Library,
which constituted the waiting-room of the
ball. Here Librarian Wallis, his Chief
Deputy, Mr.. Gum, ard others re-
ceived the guests and made them
| feel at home. Those who were not
| to dance repaired to the galleries of the two
chambers, or to the lobby aisles, which were
very soon packed. Shortly after 10 o'clock
| the grand march began, the line entering
| the Senate chamber, winding through it
| tortuousiy, and then counter-marching
| through the main halls to the Assembly
| chamber, where the State "set" was formed.
| The line was led by Floor Directors c. S.
| Houghton and wife, John Q, Brown
Jr., and Mrs. Whipple, w. R.
| Ormsby and Miss Gertrude Moore.
| Then came Ex-Governor George SLOVENIAN
| and Mrs. j. B. Wright, Governor Washing
| ton Bartlett and Mrs. Mayor ]. O. Brown.
cx-Lieutenant-G Governor Daggett and Mrs.
General George B. Cosby. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Waterman. and Miss Waterman.
Then followed, Speaker Jordan and wife,
State officers. military guests, members of
| the Executive Committee and guests in
general.
THE STATE SET
Was composed of the two Governors and
two Lieutenant Governors and the ladies
they escorted. The programme of dances
! in each hall was as follows: l, Grand
march and lancers; 2, waltz; 8, schottische;
4, quadrille 5, waltz; 6, schottische; I,
quadrille; s, waltz; 8, schottische; 10,
lancers; IL, waltz; II, schottische; 49,
quadrille; IA, waltz.
THE oRcHEsTRAs.
In the Senate Chamber the orchestra was
that of Jones, Fisch & Watson, of Sacra-
mento, and it rendered the following Sc
lections Overture, "Tancrede;;" march,
Inauguration y lancers, La Jolie Par
| fameuse;" waltz. "Auf Weidersehn;'
schottische, MY Pet" quadrille, "Gaspa-
rone;" waltz, "Charlotten;" schottsche,
ION the Ohio River" quadrille, Mill
taire; waltz, from "Ratcatcher;' schot-
tische Hush, Little Baby" lancers. mill
tary medley; waltz, from "Falka;' schot-
| tische, Sleigh Bells" quadrille, "Beggar
Student" waltz, "Mikado."
This orchestra consisted of ten pieces
and it won unanimous plaudlts for nicely
of execution with strength and delicacy of
Interpretation. The piano used was a
Chickering upright grand, furnished by NJ
L. Hammer, of Sacramento.
In the Assembly Chamber the orchestra
was Baiten0erg S, OF san FRANCISCO, con-
sisting of fifteen pieces. 1t played with all
the excellence that has for years character
lied the combination and made its
name the synonym for first-class orches-
tration in California The programme of
this orchestra was: March, :" The Gov
ernors;' lancers, YANKEES Military y
waltz, Bid Me Good-Bye;" schottische.
"Pompadour :" quadrille, Inauguration
waltz, " Estudiantina;" schottische, Bart
lett y quadrille, "Our Next Senator"
waltz, Z" lie Petite Bleu;'' polka, 8 National
League - lancers, Tara RAJ waltz,
Sacramento Bellies >; schottische, +" I'm
Dandy but No Dude" quadrille, 'Au Re-
yoir;" waltz, Ermine"
The floors of the two halls were under
the following direction. Not all of these
gentlemen were present. some named from
a distance not attending: General Di-
rector, W. Il. Ormsby.
Senate Chamber-Floor Director, c. s.
Houghton; Floor Managers, San Francisco,
Colonel &. +. Croker, Z. j. DePue. Frank
Hicks; Los Angeles, J. Downie Harvey
Oakland. w. B. Hamilton Sacramento,
DR.. T. W. Huntington, w. A Gett, W. K
Cothrin, G. w. Jackson, w. A. Potter, E.
b. Carroll, NJ. J. Diilman.
Assembly Chamber-Floor Director j.
Q. Brown. Jr.: Floor Managers, San Fran
cisco, Alex. Badlam, J. NJ. Kilgariff. NJ. s.